carb'd 13b project rx7 dead under water.......
 

im done with this damn thing. i want it gone. to hard to find parts for it and im tired of looking, every time i find something get money to get it its gone. i want my honda swapped and boosted anyways before years end. ---- it all. partout thread in fs section!!!


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LSx motor

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true, but i already have a built chevy 350 making around 400 hp. and a th350 trans built wit shift kit.

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well whats a budget


500 bucks



5000 grand

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also, is this a project car or something you want to drive soon?

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i thought the plan was to put the v8 engine in it? i would go ahead and finish that.

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yeah that is true, but then my dad sold his nova and i want to have the TA back on the road to drive just in case i need another car. i would still love to have it in there, but i love to have a manual trans instead of auto.

i was looking into the range of 1500 after all is said and done over a period of time of course.

well i drove it for 2 days registered and plated and beat the ---- outta it on those days. then on my way home from school cruising it just let go. so i was like, well time for a new project. the honda needs to get a built motor for boost by next summer. but thats not hard to do with a d series. so yeah its a project car and i would like to drive it asap, but im in no hurry to rush things right now.

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well building a v8 is so much easier and lots cheaper than building a honda with quality stuff. i would just get another v8 block and build it up. hit up craigslist for used performance ---- for cheap.

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im already 1 step ahead. i got another 350 4 bolt main block sitting in the garage. i thought about a stoked 383 for fun and games.

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what you should do is buy my sc300 and toss in the 2jz ;D

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non turbo 2jz is garbage...........now if it was turbo off the bat, then for a couple hundred, maybe.

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post up that you are looking for another motor on no pistons or rx7 club. someone might be willing to let a 12a go for cheap.

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Yeah but then its not an upgrade. im not hating on the 12a, but its like our d15's. They are pretty much junk stock. And since its a rotary, you cant really do anything besides new apex seals and a street port. Might as well upgrade while he has the chance. Plus a v8 is way more powerfull and a much cooler swap for about the same amount of money. I think the 383 is a badass idea, thats what my friend uses in his imca dirt track car, and it hauls that heavy ass monte carlo around pretty swiftly so i can only imagine what it will do in a 7.

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I am not going to argue a v8 in a RX7 wouldn't be bad ass, power to weight ratio yeah...but I have always been a believer that if you want a v8 in a car, get the car more fitting for a v8. A rx7 needs one thing under the hood....a rotary. Sell that chassis for like $500, then go buy a Camaro or a Rustang or something, call it a day.

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I say just go with the SBC that you have built and throw it in. HMT is all about jsut doing what ya can with what ya have.

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i understand where you are coming from frank. i already got the Trans Am(TA) that the one is going to go into. i figured id do something different. i know of a few people around my area that have an rx7. 1 1st gen and 1 2nd gen. they both like them very very much but as far as upgrades go, they tell me it just cost to much when it comes to motor rebuilds and motor work. if i had the money i wouldnt complain. i bought the car when it was running great, did perfectly fine, i just dont understand why the motor had to let go like that.

but as far as a v8 swap goes. right now thats all i think would be worth the time. plus then i can haul around the civic if i have to.

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I think you have your answer. >:D

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12A's can make some serious power. open that thing up and inspect it.

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someone wants to buy it off me and rebuild it with money he dont have :-\ he wants to put it in his datsun 1200 i think it is? i really think i should sell it to hom for a couple hundred....

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Who cares if he doesn't have money to build it, as long as he buys it he can turn it into a dildo for all you care.

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im sorry but i hate v8's in jap cars :3 :3 through a ca18det in it ;) its 1100 for a full swap dohc 180hp with a dinky t25 .. cast iron block and its lighter than a sr20 .. through on a holset with some mega squirt and have a fun litlle 400 hp 2000lb car ;) :y

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keep the front cover. that way if you ever want to put a 13b in there, you wont need to fish around for one.

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the only way ill ever put another rotary in is if its dirt ------- cheap. and im talking like sub 150 for the 12a engine.

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so what did you decide?

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i havent yet actually. right now i just moved into my new apartment and im on my own. after the first month we'll see how cash flows. then ill decide.

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Can you guess what I scored yesterday? Good thing I kept the older rotory motor. I must give buk a big thanks for his hookup he got me. I could never beat the deal he got me. I'll post some ---- up hopefully in a day or two since I've gone almost two days without power at my house. ------- Michigan weather fucked me this time around. I'll keep you all posted.

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13b turbo engine?

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pobably a 12a for like 50 bucks. needs a rebuild though. just my guess.

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13b non turbo engine. Security guards are sweet people. I'll post more later.

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bitchin

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No we are not -------. lol

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ok guys, now i have power and internet back after 3 1/2 days of not having it because of that ------- storm that rolled through here over the weekend. i tell ya one thing, it was like the global blackout for southeast michigan. just a big pain in the ass.

anyways, i did score a 87' 13b for 50 bucks thanks to the so kindly heart(but still a terrorist) buk. has good apex seals all around. my research starts tonight if i can get my lazy ass off my newly modded 360. as of now i have the complete cpu harness that runs into the car, the motor partailly disassembled for a 12a front cover and new oilpan gasket that i still need to purchase, and the actual ecu for the motor. buk just picked up the maf sensor for me from the car since we didnt have enough time to grab it monday.

rotarygeek and kain are gonna be my best friends now for information besides rx7club.com. im hoping like hell i get this car back on the road by august for the dream cruise. lmk what you guys think. oh, and buk inst such an bothersome ------- that all claim he is, he's just a regular ol' ------ in Detroit.

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i've got a 400sb... make offer.

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nahh, only good thing about those motors are the crank in a 350 block. other than that, ive never liked them. ill try my chances one more time with the no piston engine....

and if it goes again ill consider the sbc swap.

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ive also got a 392 looking for a home :6

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isnt a 392 a ford engine? if so, garbage from day one!!!

im not to keen on my motors and what cars they were in, but, i could be wrong..

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390 is ford. 396 is chevy

383 was mopar?

392 was hemi/IH

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^^^
ahh oh well, told ya i wasnt to familiar lol. damn i got so much ---- to do, not enough time to do it. im tight on money as well, waiting on this ------- interview. ahhh somebody loan me about 500 bucks so i can get my mazda on the road!!!


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okay, kain and rotarygeek, does a carbed 13b sound good to you guys? If I'm right I should be able to use my 12a ignition setup which was a 2nd gen coil pack setup with leading ignition only. I'll have to make a custom intake for it, but I think that is what I want to do. You like or no?

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carb;d 13b sounds sweet to me! you can find the racing beat carb set-ups cheap, if you look around.